Entertainment: A song that brought his deceased wife back to life.

The sound of running water in the bathroom was still going on.

Xu Qing sat in the study, the light from the computer screen reflecting on his face.

Ma Dongteng had just hung up the phone.

The call lasted forty-seven minutes.

Xu Qing placed her phone on the table, opened her email, and began to go through all the emails from the past two years regarding their collaborations with Xinghuang Entertainment.

He made a backup of every single one of them.

This is his habit.

It wasn't because he was suspicious, but because he never believed Wang Jianguo's smiling face from the beginning.

Xu Qing opened the scanned copy of the first contract.

The full copyright buyout agreement for "Our Love".

The contract price is 1.5 million.

This number seemed very high at the time.

But Xu Qing pulled up the revenue sharing details from the Tencent Music backend.

Based on revenue sharing from domestic digital platforms alone, this song has generated over 20 million yuan in revenue in the past six months.

This doesn't even include the rights to cover songs on variety shows, use them in commercial performances, or the copyright to the music in GG.

All of these derivative revenues went into the pockets of Star Emperor Entertainment.

Buyout for 1.5 million.

He made tens of millions.

Xu Qing gave a cold laugh.

He continued scrolling down.

The contract for "Encounter" is even more outrageous.

When Sister Hong first talked to him, she made all sorts of promises, saying things like the market was sluggish and new singers faced great risks.

Finally, they signed a full copyright agreement for two million.

But the song broke the platform record in its first week of release.

The estimated profit over the past six months is over 30 million.

Xu Qing took screenshots of all the key clauses in the contracts and archived them.

He opened a new document.

Start making a list.

Article 1: Xinghuang Entertainment committed fraud by using standard clauses in the "Our Love" contract, taking advantage of information asymmetry to lower the buyout price.

Article 2: The overseas digital distribution rights contract for "Encounter" stipulates that "the buyer shall not sublicense" but Star Emperor privately resold the overseas copyright to three Southeast Asian music platforms.

Article 3: After paying the copyright fees, Xinghuang arbitrarily included the three custom-made songs for Luo Qianyu into the company's music asset package for financing and collateral.

Each point was written extremely clearly.

Xu Qing is not a lawyer, but he has an advantage that no lawyer can match.

His memory is abnormally good.

Six months ago, he took screenshots of every WeChat conversation he had with Sister Hong.

To save time, Sister Hong confirmed many of the changes to the terms verbally via WeChat.

The formal procedures were not followed.

What is this called in law?

It's called a handle.

After Xu Qing finished organizing all the materials, she packaged and compressed them, and sent them to Ma Dongteng's corporate email address.

After sending it, he made another phone call.

Ma Dongteng answered very quickly.

"received?"

"Received, received." The sound of Ma Dongteng flipping through files could be clearly heard. "Teacher Mingyue, when did you start saving these?"

"Day 1".

Ma Dongteng remained silent for two seconds.

"You're really too ruthless."

Xu Qing leaned back in her chair.

"Mr. Ma, what's your decision regarding the deal I mentioned earlier?"

Ma Dongteng coughed.

"You need to repackage the overseas exclusive rights to the songs 'Our Love' and 'Encounter' and distribute them through Tencent's global distribution channels."

"right."

"Based on the current popularity of these songs in Southeast Asia and the Japanese and Korean markets, the overseas copyright package is worth at least 80 million."

Xu Qing said, "I want one hundred million."

There was a three-second silence on the other end of the phone.

"Teacher Mingyue, your price..."

Is it expensive?

Ma Dongteng smiled.

"Not expensive at all, great value for money."

"But I have one condition," Xu Qing said.

"Please speak."

"Star Emperor's overseas sub-licensing is a breach of contract. Have your legal department freeze all the illegal licenses granted to those Southeast Asian platforms."

"and then?"

"Then, in the name of Tencent, we will sue Star Emperor Entertainment for copyright infringement."

Ma Dongteng took a breath on the other end of the phone.

"Teacher Mingyue, are you trying to kill Xinghuang?"

Xu Qing's voice was very calm.

"They struck first."

Ma Dongteng remained silent for a few more seconds.

"OK."

"The legal team will be mobilized tomorrow. I've also made arrangements on the public relations side; once the legal documents are submitted, a press release will be issued simultaneously across all platforms."

"Also," Ma Dongteng's tone became serious, "Teacher Mingyue, I'd like to do you another favor."

"What favor?"

"I've already had someone investigate the matter of Xinghuang using your song copyrights as collateral for financing. The fund company they used as collateral has business dealings with Tencent."

"I can make one phone call and get them to demand that Star Emperor repay the loan in advance."

"If you ask for early repayment, Xinghuang's cash flow will be cut off on the spot."

Xu Qing remained silent for two seconds.

"Mr. Ma is decisive in doing business."

Ma Dongteng laughed heartily.

"Not at all. I only have one flaw: I'm protective of my own. If anyone bullies my partner, I'm even more upset than the person who did it."

Xu Qing knew that Ma Dongteng was not a kind person.

The reason he was working so hard was because Xu Qing had just promised him something.

For the next three years, all of Xu Qing's new songs will be exclusively released on Tencent Music.

This is what Ma Dongteng truly wants.

A copyright fee of 100 million yuan is nothing to him.

Securing the exclusive cooperation rights with Mingyue Qingfeng is truly a priceless treasure.

Xu Qing hung up the phone.

He glanced at the time.

1:17 AM.

A small nightlight was on in the living room outside the study.

The bathroom door had been open at some point.

Xu Qing walked out of the study.

Luo Qianyu was sitting on the sofa wrapped in a bathrobe.

Her hair was still half-wet, and she casually draped a towel over her shoulders.

She was holding a cup of hot milk, her feet tucked up on the sofa cushions.

When she saw Xu Qing come out, she looked up.

"Have you been on the phone the whole time?"

Xu Qing walked over and sat down next to her.

"I need to take care of something."

Luo Qianyu tilted her head to look at him.

"What is it?"

"It's none of your business."

Luo Qianyu rolled her eyes at him.

"Can you please stop talking so rudely?"

Xu Qing reached out and took the towel from her shoulder, and began to dry her hair.

The movements were not very skillful, and the strength was a bit too much.

Luo Qianyu was pulled so hard that she grimaced.

"Be gentle! Are you pulling weeds or drying your hair?!"

Xu Qing slightly reduced his strength.

"Are female celebrities unwilling to spend money on a hair dryer?"

"Don't you have one at home?"

"That's what you did."

Luo Qianyu was so angry she wanted to bite him.

She turned her head and glanced in the direction of the study.

The computer screen was still lit.

What were you looking at on the computer just now?

Xu Qing did not give a direct answer.

Don't go to the company tomorrow.

Luo Qianyu was stunned for a moment.

Why?

Don't go the day after tomorrow either.

Xu Qing put the towel down.

"Do nothing for the next three days. Don't sign the termination agreement, and don't reply to Sister Hong's messages."

Luo Qianyu looked at him.

"What the hell are you doing?"

Xu Qing stood up, went to the kitchen, and poured a glass of water.

He had his back to Luo Qianyu.

Do you believe me?

Luo Qianyu hugged a pillow and watched his back.

The computer screen in the study was still flashing with a dense list of files.

She couldn't quite make out the names of the files.

But she vaguely saw the words "contract" and "evidence".

Luo Qianyu took a sip of milk.

"letter."

Xu Qing turned around.

"Then go to sleep."

Luo Qianyu stood up from the sofa.

She walked to the bedroom door and looked back one last time.

Xu Qing had already sat back down in the swivel chair in the study.

A new form opened on the computer screen.

He is filling in the data.

Luo Qianyu couldn't understand those numbers.

But she could read Xu Qing's expression.

Since she met him, this was the first time she had seen something on this man's face that she couldn't describe.

It's not anger.

It's not anxiety.

It is an extremely calm, confident focus.

Luo Qianyu closed the bedroom door.

Unbeknownst to her, the man in the study, dressed in a dark gray sweater, was spending the entire night meticulously calculating every single penny that Xinghuang Entertainment had taken in the past two years, down to two decimal places.

Four o'clock in the morning.

Xu Qing rubbed her eyes.

He checked the finalized materials one last time.

Page 37.

Each page is stamped with a timestamp and the original screenshot watermark.

He sent the document to Ma Dongteng's legal director.

Then turn off the computer.

He walked to the bedroom door.

The door wasn't closed properly.

Through the crack in the door, you could see Luo Qianyu curled up asleep under the covers.

She was hugging the cushion.

He sleeps in very restless positions.

One foot was sticking out of the blanket.

Xu Qing went in and tucked her feet back into the blanket.